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GM's Cruise recalls entire robotaxi fleet over unexpected braking

S3 · 08/09
2024 · Cruise (GM) · USA

Record

CompanyCruise (GM)
Categoryother
Typerecall
Date08/09
2024
Time of daynot documented
LocationUSA
SeverityS3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
Scale-
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceWards Auto

What happened

Cruise recalled all 1,194 of its U.S. robotaxis running pre-May-14 automated driving software after NHTSA found reports of unexpected hard braking; fixed via software update.

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